Evangeline2000

Throwing books isn't acceptable behavior. Of course you take the insinuation personally, you sound like you care about the patients. Just move on and know you're worth your weight in GOLD.

Walk up to them and say, "Excuse me, but I have an abnormal BP you need to know about." Whatever they're talking about is secondary to the patient's abnormal BP. Be assertive for the patients, you're just doing your job. If you're leery of interupting the conversation, there are other ways. It might be a good idea, for you to use a VS sheet and when you have an abnormal reading, circle it in red, and take it to the RN. Have her initial beside it - that way, she cannot say you didn't notify her. You sound like a dedicated worker which we surely need more of....

I didn't fail but it was very stressful. But good preparation for the actual world of nursing, I suppose! Good luck

I was just reading over the thread and saw where you said you aren't allowed to enter the orders, but rather, the charge nurse is supposed to tend to that. Sounds like the home team dropped the ball. I guess they figured cancelling your contract early was the easiest way to deal with the situation. I agree with the others that getting exasperated isn't a great idea, but we're all just human, after all. I wouldn't beat myself up too much about it, you sound like you have a really great attitude towards work and other people. Even though you got frustrated, you stayed and did your job. I still think there are problems there on the unit that need to be addressed, as well as the unit clerk running off the floor and the charge nurse not entering the orders.

LOL, this thread reminds me of the "us vs. them" mentality we just got lectured about on another thread.....I've NEVER felt animosity towards travel nurses when I was staff, and I've done travel nursing. Staff nurses who are mean to travellers are just....well I really can't say as I'd probably be banned. LOL. I was always GLAD to see a travel nurse - figured it was extra help - but what do I know??

It appears from your profile that you live in Illinois. Illinois isn't a compact state. You cannot do nursing with a compact license, unless your legal residence is in a compact state. You can't just send off and get a license from a compact state - you have to live in one. Sorry

Hmmm...travel nurse as "houseguest?" I must be weird. I never felt like travel nurses on the unit are "guests" who have to kowtow to the "family." I was glad to have them there, just figured they were part of the team! Oh well...*shrug*

I really don't see the awful crime here....you got exasperated because there was a four-hour delay getting the "now" order - but you DIDN'T attack anyone personally, so what was so bad? Sounds like one of those units where anything but the truth is welcome. If the unit clerk rushed off to cry, she might need to stop the drama and get on with business - my gosh, I can't rush off the unit when my feelings get hurt! I imagine the Unit Mgr. wanting to cancel your contract had nothing to do with this - but with a completion bonus, perhaps? So she shouldn't expect the Unit Secretary to do her job? How can you function as an RN, on a busy floor, without depending on the other people employed there, to do what they're supposed to be doing? Seems to me that the OP is busy enough as it is without taking on another task. JMHO Be "nice?" I think she is nice. She appears (in this thread) to be a good nurse who is honestly trying to work TOGETHER, as part of a team, but bottom line, it's patient care. And the patient care wasn't getting done with the four-hour delay and amateur theatrics......and so, she got frustrated, but even then, she didn't direct it at anyone. There's nothing wrong with someone getting frustrated. The problem was when the Unit Sec. ran off the job and focused the attention on herself, instead of taking care of the matter at hand. SHE should have been the one reprimanded, not the OP. I love to have the OP as my nurse, if I ever need one.....good luck to you

Ya know, you really shouldn't HAVE TO endure 8 hours of harrassment. I'd probably just tell her, plainly, to SHUT UP because I didn't want to hear her abuse.

My favorite question: "Which arm is her IV in?" (Why, so you won't have to check it?) My answer: "Well, it's either in the right or the left......."

Sadly, this is the rule, rather than the exception.

Wow, amazing. She treated a patient like trash, and she wasn't even sorry, yet kept her job??? She must have been awfully certain she wouldn't be fired........:angryfire

Oh, I think you should definitely do the med-surg! That's tailor-made! How wonderful to get an opportunity to do the exact thing you will be teaching. And you will have all the latest information, having been "in the trenches," so to speak. Should make you VERY, VERY desirable as an instructor. I'd go for the med-surg! Good luck to you. I'm sure you'll do well. :balloons:

Seems to me the OP did everything humanly possible to assist this lady. You CANNOT force people to act the way you think they should act. She deserves credit for the help she gave the patient.

If you request vitals, you should not have to justify, or explain, to the NA why you want/need them now. They should get them first, and ask questions later. I haven't seen any disrespect from nurses to aides, but I have seen A LOT from aides to nurses!!!